'ORC15.6.'

PUB. DATE

November 2011

SOURCE

Ausmarine;Nov2011, Vol. 34 Issue 1, p22

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article highlights the ORC15.6, a pilot boat built by Hart Marine for the Albany Port Authority in Western Australia. It relates that the ORC15.6 was designed to be a self-righting vessel that could withstand the larger swell conditions encountered around the Southdown project northeast of Albany Port, equipped with oversize rudders, an Ocean 3 fender system for facilitating pilot transfer, and a suspended wheelhouse that reduces structure-borne noise and vibrations.

ACCESSION #

69822764

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